The Sapphire Technology Market is in its pre-maturity stage. There is a high potential for this market across the industry verticals like power electronics devices, information and communication technology, aerospace and defense, and so on. The exceptional properties of sapphire have made it one of the most successful materials in semiconductors as compared to its peers. With the use of sapphire in Power Electronics and RF applications; the communication and consumer electronics industry has seen a major drift in its performance. The Global Sapphire Technology Market for substrates is expected to reach $3.01 Billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 12.31%, where as the market for devices is expected to reach $6.17 Billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 12.24%.

This report based on an in-depth research study on the Sapphire Technology Market and its related industries, while focusing on the growth technologies that are available commercially and the new innovations that can be employed in the growth technology by 2020. The report also gives a detailed insight of the global market by substrate wafers and orientations type of the sapphire and identifies key trends of various segments of the market with in-depth quantitative and qualitative information. The report segments the industry on the basis of growth technology, sapphire substrate wafer and orientation type, application, and geography. Further, it contains revenue forecasts and trend analysis with respect to the marketís time-line.

The Sapphire Technology Market by growth technology is further sub-divided as sapphire substrate process, production method, and growth methods for sapphire. The sapphire substrate process consists of processes such as slicing, lapping, polishing, and CMP. The sapphire market by production method is further divided based on the types of the available production methods such as Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Liquid Phase and Thermal Exfoliation, Hybrid Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE), and other. The most important segment that is the sapphire growth method defines the various technologies used for sapphire growth such as Kyropoulos method, Czocharlski Crystal Pulling method, Heat Exchanger method (HEM), Edge Defined Film Fed Growth method (EFG), and others.

Market by Sapphire Substrate Wafer and Orientation Type:

The Sapphire Technology Market by substrate wafer and orientation type is further divide into three major segments that includes types, wafer size and plane orientation. By types the market is subdivided is sub divide on the basis of the other materials like Silicon on Sapphire (SOS), Silicon Carbide on Sapphire, Gallium Nitride on Sapphire, and so on. The sapphire substrate by wafer subdivided size is sub divided based on the various available sapphire wafer sizes such as 2 inch, 4 inch, 6 inch and so on. The market by plane orientation gives a brief idea of the four major plane orientations like A-plane, C-plane, M-plane, and R-plane. The applications of such sapphire plane orientation are also discussed.

Market by Devices:

The Sapphire Technology Market gives a detailed description of the devices such as power semiconductor market, power IC market, and Opto-Semiconductor market. The power semiconductor segment gives a detailed description of the power discrete market such as diodes, switches, and so on, in which sapphire is extensively used as major foundation component. The power IC market consists of devices such as RFIC and MMIC market, whereas the opto semiconductor market gives all the details about sapphire that is used in this device.

Market by Application:

The Sapphire Technology Market by application gives an in-depth description of five major applications sectors of sapphire, that includes ICT applications, consumer electronics applications, power sector applications, aerospace and defense applications, and so on. The ICT sector is further sub divided as switching systems, RF applications, and other applications. The consumer electronics application gives a detailed description of sapphire in this sector that is further sub divided as smart phones, camera lens cover, LED, HB LED, Color LED and so on. This is a very blooming sector and has high growth opportunities for the new entrants. The power sector application is further sub-divided as power IC application, RFIC application, MMIC application, and others. Another very important sector for sapphire application is Aerospace and Defense that is further sub divided based on types of implementation such as sapphire-based transparent armors, sapphire aerospace window applications, and others.

Market by Geography:

The Sapphire Technology Market by geography is divided into four major segments that include Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World (ROW). The Americas is further divide into North America and South America, while the Europe gives a description of the countries such as U.K., Germany, and others. The Asia-Pacific region, which has the major share of sapphire industry and highest growth market, consists of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and so on. The Rest of the World includes countries in the Middle East and others.

The report also identifies the drivers, restraints, opportunities, current market trends, winning imperatives, and burning issues of the Global Sapphire technology market in Semiconductors. Apart from the market segmentation, the report also includes the critical market data and qualitative information for each product type along with a qualitative analysis such as Porterís five force analysis, market time-line analysis, market investment analysis, and value chain analysis.

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Market by VolumeVolume market of sapphire as a material including:

SiC-on-Sapphire

Si-on-Sapphire

GaN-on-Sapphire

Product Analysis

Product Matrix which gives a detailed comparison of product portfolio of top five companies for each segment

4 Premium Insights (Page No. - 42) 4.1 Geography Life-Cycle of Sapphire Technology Market 4.2 Growth Strategy Matrix (Ansoff Matrix) 4.2.1 Market Development 4.2.1.1 Switzerland, U.S., and Germany Can Be the Potential Markets in the Days to Come 4.2.2 Diversification 4.2.2.1 Forward Integration to Be the Smartest Strategy For Wafer Players 4.2.3 Market Penetration 4.2.3.1 Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China Are the Most Flourishing Geographies For Existing Players As Well As New Entrants 4.2.4 Product Development 4.2.4.1 Product Development in New Markets Would Be the Game Changing Strategy For New Entrants 4.3 Supply & Demand-Side Factor Analysis 4.4 Market Investment Analysis 4.4.1 Major Pro-Factors For Investment in Global Sapphire Technology Market 4.4.2 Major Barriers For Investment in Global Sapphire Technology Market

Sapphire is gaining its early maturity stage. There is a surge of sapphire-based devices and applications that can be employed in a number of industry verticals. Thanks to the advancement in growth technologies; it is now possible to leverage high-end technologies for the processing of sapphire that can be extensively used in applications that are yet to be developed.

The key market drivers for sapphire include high cost effectiveness compared to other materials as the cost incurred in the growth of this material is very low compared to its peers. For example, the cost of 2-inch GaN wafer is more than 10 times the cost of 2-inch sapphire wafer. Other key driver for sapphire is the vast addressable market for sapphire power semiconductors such as RFIC, IC, and MMIC. The important driver for the growth of the sapphire technology market is the LED market application that holds the crown of the entire sapphire ecosystem. While the already existing materials, apart from sapphire, have an established supply chain, it would eventually be helpful for sapphire as well. In spite of being in its growth stage and facing an increasing demand, sapphire still has some restraints that restrict its growth. The key market restraints can be classified as: high level of competition from the new entrants due to innovative technology, high market growth and competition from the high-end materials which is fierce due to the rising demand in the high-end products.

This report focuses on giving a detailed view of the complete sapphire industry with regards to the growth technology, with detailed market segmentations, combined with qualitative analysis of each and every aspect of the classification on the basis of growth technology, production methods, substrate wafer type, devices, applications, sub-applications, and geography. All the numbers, both, revenue and volume, at every level of detail, are forecast till 2020 to give a glimpse of the potential revenue base in this market.

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